The News Quiz - 22nd April

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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Comedy

4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Series 108 of the topical quiz where Andy Zaltzman grabs the week’s headlines and hurls them at four of the nation’s best comedians and journalists. This week Andy is joined by Hugo Rifkind, Felicity Ward, Daliso Chaponda and Eleanor Tiernan. Producer: Richard Morris Production co-ordinator: Katie Baum A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.8	MUSIC
0:10.8	Hello. I'm Andy Zoltzman,
0:13.2	and for the last six weeks while the news quiz has been off air,
0:16.2	I've been locked in this cryogenic freezer to take a break from the news.
0:20.4	Hopefully it's all moved on from earlier in the year,
0:23.2	and we'll have some lovely fresh stories to get stuck into.
0:26.0	Let's check the... Oh. Oh.
0:28.3	Is that still...
0:30.3	Did I just programme this for six minutes instead of six weeks?
0:33.6	Useful space of BBC garbage.
0:35.5	Towards ever thus, let's crack on. Welcome to the news quiz.
0:38.8	CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:44.3	Hello.
0:47.5	I am...
0:48.8	Andy Zoltzman, we are recording in the week of the Queen's Birthday,
0:52.1	which means this show will be repeated in June for ceremonial purposes.
0:55.8	She's 96 now, just one good shot away from the century,
1:00.0	but probably best to accumulate your way there,
1:03.0	rather than getting her a blazer glory. So many people may that mistake.
1:07.2	Time to meet our teams. For this week, we have team What Rules Against Team What Fools.
1:13.9	On team rules, we have Felicity Ward and Delie, so Chapponda.
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